August 14, 1922 – June 6, 1993
Finley Hooper grew up in Detroit and was an assistant professor of Greek and Roman history at Michigan State University in the mid-1950s when he was discovered to be homosexual and forced to leave. He subsequently enjoyed a long and esteemed academic career at Wayne State University.
Grosse Pointe News, June 17, 1993
Michigan LGBTQ Remember 
God damn best history professor I ever had at WSU. He was a legend at Wayne, his lectures were standing room only, I am proud to say he use to laugh at my dumb ass from time to time! The best quip he ever shot back at me was when he compared my feeble excuse for not having an assignment to Detroit Tigers outfielder Willie Horton saying “oh my, you and Willie Horton have the same problem, neither of you can score.”
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Hooper was probably the greatest professor I ever had. He was tremendously humorous and made ancient history alive with personalities and relevant to our own world. His performance of the Julius Caesar death scene was legendary. His books are brilliant too.
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Andrew Lennington
Had good fortune to have been in Finley Hooper’s Greek history and Roman history classes in the 1960s. One class never skipped. Some 60 years later, remembered he had written several books-got Greek Realities as well as Roman Realities-some more really good fortune!
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